Eight charming tales full of the whimsy and wordplay of Irish folklore. Newly reset in large, easy-to-read type are: "Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary," "Conal and Donal and Taig," "The Old Hag’s Long Leather Bag," "The Field of Boliauns," "The Sprightly Tailor," and more. 6…

Oil in the Borsch and Other Ukrainian Folk Tales Retold in English Oil in the Borsch is the sixth volume in the folk tale series, with seventeen stories; some are old favorites and some are less well-known. All the stories are retold in a lively, entertaining manner that will please both…

Four favorite tales by beloved storyteller. In addition to title story: "Great Claus and Little Claus," "The Tinder Box" and "The Swineherd." Newly reset in large easy-to-read type, with 6 new illustrations by Thea Kliros. New introductory Note.

Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man,…

?Climo and Heller conflate several Korean variants of Cinderella to offer up the story of Pear Blossom, a lovely girl who is sorely mistreated by her nasty stepmother and stepsister.? At once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly exotic, the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but…

Who is she? A dying king makes his son his heir--on one condition. Vain Prince Raphael must marry a woman who is his equal in beauty, intelligence, and wealth... Where is this woman? A search throughout the kingdom proves fruitless. Then the lovely Rosamund appears at the palace, as if bymagic,…

Charming collection of 7 authentic Indian tales told by Iagoo the storyteller. Includes "The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds," "The Child of the Evening Star," "The Boy Who Snared the Sun," "How the Summer Came," "Grasshopper," and 3 others. 29 new illustrations.

Thirty-six stories by the Nobel Prize winner, including some of his most famous such as "Zlateh the Goat," "Mazel and Shlimazel," and "The Fools of Chelm and the Stupid Carp." Stories for Children is a 1984 New York Times Book Review Notable Children''s Book of the Year.